BBF grant procures and distributes essential medicines and medical supplies to two health facilities in Kyiv: Irpin Policlinic and Bucha Ambulatory.  Five, 32kW generators are purchased for psychiatric hospitals and social care homes in Ukraine. During blackouts, the generators guarantee electricity, allowing medical professionals to continue caring for patients. Shipments of medical supplies arrive at Izyum Hospital and soldiers on the front lines. Donated by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, BBF sends a 10-pallet shipment to Mykolaiv, Ukraine. BBF ships 88 pallets of warm clothing, sleeping bags, quilts to help residents endure the winter. Items were donated by Backcountry Gear.

50 Chromebooks, donated by the Hendrick Hudson Community Educational Foundation, arrive in Buchach, Ukraine. The computers are a vital resource in helping students learn lessons in math, foreign language, literature and geography, and nature.

BBF collaborates with Revived Soldiers of Ukraine, Operation Namaste and Hanger Foundation on a relief mission to Lviv, Ukraine to work to restore mobility to approximately 50 people who had lost their limbs as a result of the ongoing war. BBF is recognized by the Pittsburgh City Council and November 14, 2022 is declared Brother’s Brother Foundation Day, in part due to BBF’s work in Ukraine. Brother’s Brother Foundation provides a grant to the Center for Development and Socialization Sensitive Child Space at a hospital in the First Medical Union to fund therapy and programs that address the needs of Ukrainian children with developmental disorders. So far, the initiative has provided 14 children with a team of psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists who teach skills to help them become independent and feel empowered. In total, this amounts to 148 classes focused on topics including sensory integration, preparation for school, and speech therapy.   2,700 Rapid COVID Antigen Self-Test kits are sent to the Saint Nicholas Children's Hospital in Lviv. Tanner Pharmaceuticals donated the test kits.

Brother’s Brother Foundation welcomes U.S. Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Diane Farrell, to our warehouse and office facilities. During her visit, Farrell recognizes BBF for its relief efforts and prompt response to the crisis in Ukraine.   Cummings' Candy and Coffee partners with People’s Gas through the company’s Eat, Drink, Help Program, and adds the Brother’s Brother Foundation logo to their coffee cup. People’s Gas donated $1 to the BBF Ukraine Fund for each cup sold.

To support mental health relief in Ukraine, Brother’s Brother Foundation provides a grant to the Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry (FGIP). The program aims to deliver medical supplies, medications, and food for psychiatric hospitals; provide psychological aid and guidance to both mental health professionals and the general population (including first responders); and open crisis centers specifically prepared to navigate language barriers in neighboring countries for refugees. The first center opened in Lithuania.

Brother’s Brother Foundation shipps 20 pallets of hygiene supplies for Ukrainian refugees to Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine. The delivery, a community effort, is the culmination of the hygiene supply drive organized by the city and county back in April. After 11 days, the drive yielded more than a dozen pallets of supplies at nearly 60 locations across the area.

BBF provides 100 Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) systems to Ukraine. NWPT treats systemic inflammation by drawing out fluid and infection from a wound to help it heal. A special dressing (bandage) is sealed over the wound and a gentle vacuum pump is attached.

Another shipment of relief supplies is on its way to the front lines in Ukraine. BBF funded this shipment in partnership with Pittsburgh Technology Council. Additional collaboration efforts and supplies will soon follow. Pittsburgh Hires Veterans donates proceeds from their 3rd annual Bike Tour. Medical supply shipment: Supplies are distributed to the infectious disease hospital, military hospital, and children’s hospital. Additional pallets of disinfectant wipes are sent to the city of Mykolaiv where residents only have access to bottled water after the main water pipes in the city were destroyed. In collaboration with Father Jason Charron and the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church and UPMC, 20 Pallets of medical supplies and equipment are sent to military hospitals in Ukraine.

Portable X-Ray machine plus sixteen pallets of medical supplies and equipment are sent to Ukrainian MOH in Lviv for distribution to Kyiv and other locations.

Stand for Ukraine Concert is held. Under the direction of Pauline Rovkah, Artistic and Piano Program Director at Chatham University, and in collaboration with musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the event raises money for BBF’s Ukraine relief efforts.

BBF air ships 13 pallets of MRE (Meals, Ready-to-Eat) with five donated by the Salvation Army and eight by DT Care.

Ghost of Ukraine lecture / recital fundraiser at Chatham University for BBF’s Ukraine Relief efforts.

BBF air ships 18 pallets of soap, wipes, hygiene and personal supplies, bandages, disinfectants, hand-sanitizer, and assorted products donated by DT Care.

Giant Eagle donates a shipment of 25 Pallets of baby food, wipes, diapers, soap, toothbrushes/toothpaste, bandages, granola/grain bars, and feminine hygiene products to be sent via air to Warsaw, Poland. They are distributed to refugees at reception centers in Poland and internally displaced persons in Lviv, Ukriane.
 BBF establishes direct relationship with Salvation Army team in Poland to receive and distribute supplies to refugee reception centers and take them into Ukraine as needed.
 Allegheny Health Network donates a shipment of 72 Pallets of wound care supplies and medications are sent via air and ground to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health in Lviv, Ukraine.

Support for Mobile Clinic and Medical Teams operating in Ukraine. Assessment of needs of refugees arriving in Poland and Romania.